Q1. Sulphur dioxide and oxygen were mixed in a 2:1 mol ratio and sealed in a flask with a catalyst. The following equilibrium was established at temperature T 1 2SO 2(g) + O 2(g) 2SO 3(g) ΔH = 196 kj mol 1 The partial pressure of sulphur dioxide in the equilibrium mixture was 24 kpa and the total pressure in the flask was 104 kpa. (a) Deduce the partial pressure of oxygen and hence calculate the mole fraction of oxygen in the equilibrium mixture. Partial pressure of oxygen... Mole fraction of oxygen... (3) (b) Calculate the partial pressure of sulphur trioxide in the equilibrium mixture. (1) (c) Write an expression for the equilibrium constant, K p, for this reaction. Use this expression to calculate the value of K p at temperature T 1 and state its units. Expression for Kp...... Calculation...... Units (4) (d) When equilibrium was established at a different temperature, T 2, the value of K p was found to have increased. State which of T 1 and T 2 is the lower temperature and explain your answer. Page 2
Lower temperature... Explanation... (3) (e) In a further experiment, the amounts of sulphur dioxide and oxygen used, the catalyst and the temperature, T 1, were all unchanged, but a flask of smaller volume was used. Deduce the effect of this change on the yield of sulphur trioxide and on the value of K p. Effect on yield of SO 3...... Effect on K p... (2) (Total 13 marks) Q2.The following information concerns the equilibrium gas-phase synthesis of methanol. CO(g) + 2H 2(g) CH 3OH(g) At equilibrium, when the temperature is 68 C, the total pressure is 1.70 MPa. The number of moles of CO, H 2 and CH 3OH present are 0.160, 0.320 and 0.180, respectively. Thermodynamic data are given below. Substance ΔH / kj mol 1 S / J K -1 mol -1 CO(g) 110 198 H 2(g) 0 131 CH 3OH(g) 201 240 The mole fraction of hydrogen in the equilibrium mixture is Page 3
A 0.242 B 0.485 C 0.653 D 0.970 Q3.This question relates to the equilibrium gas-phase synthesis of sulphur trioxide: 2SO 2(g) + O 2(g) 2SO 3(g) Thermodynamic data for the components of this equilibrium are: Substance ΔH / kj mol 1 S / J K -1 mol -1 SO 3(g) 396 +257 SO 2(g) 297 +248 O 2(g) 0 +204 This equilibrium, at a temperature of 585 K and a total pressure of 540 kpa, occurs in a vessel of volume 1.80 dm 3. At equilibrium, the vessel contains 0.0500 mol of SO 2(g), 0.0800 mol of O 2(g) and 0.0700 mol of SO 3(g). At equilibrium in the same vessel of volume 1.80 dm 3 under altered conditions, the reaction mixture contains 0.0700 mol of SO 3(g), 0.0500 mol of SO 2(g) and 0.0900 mol of O 2(g) at a total pressure of 623 kpa. The temperature in the equilibrium vessel is A 307 C B 596 K C 337 C D 642 K Q4.This question relates to the equilibrium gas-phase synthesis of sulphur trioxide: 2SO 2(g) + O 2(g) 2SO 3(g) Thermodynamic data for the components of this equilibrium are: Page 4
Substance ΔH / kj mol 1 S / J K -1 mol -1 SO 3(g) 396 +257 SO 2(g) 297 +248 O 2(g) 0 +204 This equilibrium, at a temperature of 585 K and a total pressure of 540 kpa, occurs in a vessel of volume 1.80 dm 3. At equilibrium, the vessel contains 0.0500 mol of SO 2(g), 0.0800 mol of O 2(g) and 0.0700 mol of SO 3(g). Possible units for the equilibrium constant K p include A B C D no units kpa Mpa 1 kpa 2 Q5.The following information concerns the equilibrium gas-phase synthesis of methanol. CO(g) + 2H 2(g) CH 3OH(g) At equilibrium, when the temperature is 68 C, the total pressure is 1.70 MPa. The number of moles of CO, H 2 and CH 3OH present are 0.160, 0.320 and 0.180, respectively. Thermodynamic data are given below. Substance ΔH / kj mol 1 S / J K -1 mol -1 CO(g) 110 198 H 2(g) 0 131 CH 3OH(g) 201 240 Possible units for the equilibrium constant, K p, for this reaction are A no units Page 5
B C D kpa MPa 1 kpa 2 Q6.This question relates to the equilibrium gas-phase synthesis of sulphur trioxide: 2SO 2(g) + O 2(g) 2SO 3(g) Thermodynamic data for the components of this equilibrium are: Substance ΔH / kj mol 1 S / J K -1 mol -1 SO 3(g) 396 +257 SO 2(g) 297 +248 O 2(g) 0 +204 This equilibrium, at a temperature of 585 K and a total pressure of 540 kpa, occurs in a vessel of volume 1.80 dm 3. At equilibrium, the vessel contains 0.0500 mol of SO 2(g), 0.0800 mol of O 2(g) and 0.0700 mol of SO 3(g). The mole fraction of SO 3 in the equilibrium mixture is A 0.250 B 0.350 C 0.440 D 0.700 Q7.This question relates to the equilibrium gas-phase synthesis of sulphur trioxide: 2SO 2(g) + O 2(g) 2SO 3(g) Thermodynamic data for the components of this equilibrium are: Page 6
Substance ΔH / kj mol 1 S / J K -1 mol -1 SO 3(g) 396 +257 SO 2(g) 297 +248 O 2(g) 0 +204 This equilibrium, at a temperature of 585 K and a total pressure of 540 kpa, occurs in a vessel of volume 1.80 dm 3. At equilibrium, the vessel contains 0.0500 mol of SO 2(g), 0.0800 mol of O 2(g) and 0.0700 mol of SO 3(g). With pressures expressed in MPa units, the value of the equilibrium constant, K p, is A 4.90 B 6.48 C 9.07 D 16.8 Q8. (a) The gaseous reactants W and X were sealed in a flask and the mixture left until the following equilibrium had been established. 2W(g) + X(g) 3Y(g) + 2Z(g) ΔH = 200 kj mol 1 Write an expression for the equilibrium constant, K p, for this reaction. State one change in the conditions which would both increase the rate of reaction and decrease the value of K p. Explain your answers. (7) (b) Ethyl ethanoate can be prepared by the reactions shown below. Reaction 1 CH 3COOH(l) + C 2H 5OH(l) CH 3COOC 2H 5(l) + H 2O(l) H = 2.0 kj mol 1 Reaction 2 CH 3COCl(l) + C 2H 5OH(l) CH 3COOC 2H 5(l) + HCl(g) H = 21.6 kj mol 1 (i) Give one advantage and one disadvantage of preparing ethyl ethanoate by Reaction 1 rather than by Reaction 2. Page 7
(ii) Use the information given above and the data below to calculate values for the standard entropy change, S, and the standard free-energy change, G, for Reaction 2 at 298 K. CH 3COCl(l) C 2H 5OH(l) CH 3COOC 2H 5(l) HCl(g) S /JK 1 mol 1 201 161 259 187 (8) (Total 15 marks) Q9. When a mixture of 0.345 mol of PCl 3 and 0.268 mol of Cl 2 was heated in a vessel of fixed volume to a constant temperature, the following reaction reached equilibrium. PCl 3(g) + Cl 2(g) PCl 5(g) H = 93 kj mol 1 At equilibrium, 0.166 mol of PCl 5 had been formed and the total pressure was 225 kpa. (a) (i) Calculate the number of moles of PCl 3 and of Cl 2 in the equilibrium mixture. Moles of PCl 3... Moles of Cl 2... (ii) Calculate the total number of moles of gas in the equilibrium mixture. (3) (b) Calculate the mole fraction and the partial pressure of PCl 3 in the equilibrium mixture. Mole fraction of PCl 3... Page 8
Partial pressure of PCl 3... (3) (c) (i) Write an expression for the equilibrium constant, K p, for this equilibrium. (ii) The partial pressures of Cl 2 and PCl 5 in the equilibrium mixture were 51.3 kpa and 83.6 kpa, respectively, and the total pressure remained at 225 kpa. Calculate the value of K p at this temperature and state its units. (4) (d) State the effect on the mole fraction of PCl 3 in the equilibrium mixture if (i) the volume of the vessel were to be increased at a constant temperature, (ii) the temperature were to be increased at constant volume. (2) (Total 12 marks) Q10. At high temperatures, SO 2Cl 2 dissociates according to the following equation. Page 9
SO 2Cl 2(g) SO 2(g) + Cl 2(g) ΔH = +93 kj mol 1 When 1.00 mol of SO 2Cl 2 dissociates, the equilibrium mixture contains 0.75 mol of Cl 2 at 673 K and a total pressure of 125 kpa. (a) Write an expression for the equilibrium constant, K p, for this reaction. (1) (b) Calculate the total number of moles of gas present in the equilibrium mixture. (2) (c) (i) Write a general expression for the partial pressure of a gas in a mixture of gases in terms of the total pressure. (ii) Calculate the partial pressure of SO 2Cl 2 and the partial pressure of Cl 2 in the equilibrium mixture. Partial pressure of SO 2Cl 2... Partial pressure of Cl 2... (5) (d) Calculate a value for the equilibrium constant, K p, for this reaction and give its units. (3) Page 10
(e) State the effect, if any, of an increase in temperature on the value of K p for this reaction. Explain your answer. Effect on K p... Explanation... (2) (f) State the effect, if any, of an increase in the total pressure on the value of K p for this reaction. (1) (Total 14 marks) Page 11